From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:38:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:38:40 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:28587 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:38:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:45:44 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Mike Hayward Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance Message-ID: <20021213154544.GK9882@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Mike Hayward , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200212090830.gB98USW05593@flux.loup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212090830.gB98USW05593@flux.loup.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 01:30:28AM -0700, Mike Hayward wrote: > Any ideas? Not sure I want to upgrade to the P7 architecture if this > is right, since for me system calls are probably more important than > raw cpu computational power. This is the same for me. I'm extremely uninterested in the P-IV for my own use because of this. Bill